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pacifism
Part of speech: NounThe belief that war is wrong; the system of thought which see s for peace between the nations.
Usage examples "pacifism":- They'd talk o' pacifism, and they'd be conscientious objectors, who had never been sair troubled by their conscience before. - "Between You and Me", Sir Harry Lauder.
- But, as the preceding narrative will have shown, the greater our success, the greater became their irritation, when success was labelled " pacifism" and " priggery." - "The School and the World", Victor Gollancz and David Somervell.
- As Shridharani has said, " In India, the people are not stopping with mere good will, as the pacifists usually do, but, on the contrary, are engaged in direct action of a non- violent variety which they are confident will either mend or end the powers that be," and, " Satyagraha seems to have more in common with war than with Western pacifism." - "Introduction to Non-Violence", Theodore Paullin.